nb-tꜣ-ḏsr

Egyptian

Etymology

nb (“lord”) +‎ tꜣ-ḏsr (“necropolis”) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘lord of the necropolis’.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈniːbuw taʀ ˈcʼaːsiɾ/ → /ˈniːbuw taʀ ˈtʼaːsiʔ/ → /neːβ taʔ ˈtʼoːsə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈniːbuw taʀ ˈcʼaːsiɾ/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈniːbuw taʀ ˈtʼaːsiʔ/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /neːβ taʔ ˈtʼoːsə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛb tɑ d͡ʒɛsɛr/
  • Conventional anglicization: neb-ta-djeser

Proper noun

 m

1. an epithet of the god Wepwawet
2. an epithet of the god Anubis

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 365–366.